Toothpick, match, and the like dispenser.



I C. F. SPERY.

TOOTHPICK, MATCH, AND THE LIKE DISPENSER.

APPLICATION FILED 050.21, 1914.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

THE COLUMIJIA PLANOGRAPH co.. WASHINGTON, u. c.

after sTaTns CHARLES r. SPERY, or CHICAGOQILLINOIS, assronon To CHICAGO UTILITIES Ma ne rAoTUnIno COMPANY, A CORPORATION or inmnois.

TOQTI-IPICK, MATCH, AND THE LIKE'DISPENSER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

Application filed December21, 1914. Serial No. 878,293.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known'that I, CHARLES F. SPERY, a citizen of'the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Toothpick, Match, and the like Dispensers; and I do hereby declare that the following description of my said invention, taken in connection with the accompanying sheet of drawings, forms a full, clear, and exact specification, which will enable'others skilled in the art to which it' appertains to make and use the same.

My .invention relates generally to improvements in a tooth pick, match, and the like dispenser, and it consists, essentially, in, the novel and peculiar combination of parts and details of construction, as hereinfirst' duly set forth and described and then'pointed' out in the claims,

In the drawing already referred to'which serves to illustrate my said invention. more fully, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my invention. cal section in line 22 of Fig. 1, and Fig.

3 is a bottom plan of my device.

Like parts are indicated by corresponding symbols or charactersof reference in all the figures of the drawing.

The essence of my invention resides in the production of. a neat and novel containing device for tooth picks, matches, and the like, and means correlated therewith, whereby upon the manipulation of a lever a single tooth pick or match, as the case maybe, is

permitted to issue from th'e interior of the.

device and to: be deposited by gravity upon a receiving tray or pan, wherefrom the same may be picked up by the fingers. v

To better understand my invention, reference is madeto the drawing in which A indicates my' inventionas'a whole, the side walls 10and 10 of which are; arranged in parallel and maintained in spaced apart relationship by the rodsll. The upper portion of theseside walls are of arcuate con-. tour, and between said side wallsat said arcuate portions is clamped anarcuatelshaped glass l'Q. Between the rear edges of the side Wall sv 10 and lOiis located a rear wall 13, which rear wall extendsxupwardly and partially around the arcu'ate portion toithe edge of glass 12, there beingan overlapll, overlapping'the" rear edge of saidglass: arc- Fig; 2 is a longitudinahyerti uate fr'ontwall 15 is likewise, maintained between sald side walls 10 and 10 and at the upper end thereof is arranged an offset overlap 16, embracing the front, lower edge of the arcuate glass 12. Below this front wall 15 there is arranged an open slot 17, extending the full width between the side walls'l lland 10 And, projecting through this slot into the interior of. the contain'er, there is a flat, forwardly declinmg plate 18 occupying the full distance between the side walls aforesaid and clamped therebetween, and terminating at its lower, outer end in a pair of upturned lips 19 and 19, there being a, space 20 be tween said lips wh'ereby a tooth pick or match may be lifted from said lips. The upperor' inner end of plate 18 is upturned as at 21 to receive the articles to be dispensed as hereinafter described, The front of the container A is closed by a front wall 22 which ismaintained in position between the side walls 10 and 10 in any desirable manner. Within the container A, extending from the arcuate glass 12 in a downwardly and rearwardly direction is. a partition 23", the lower'end of which has a rounded lower edge 23, approximately as) indicated in Fig. 2; t

An integrally formed front wall 24: extcl' ds tangentially from the slot 17 in a downward and rearward direction substantially' parallel to wall 23, but spaced forwardly therefrom. At its lower end said front wall is possessed of a horizontally dis? posed transverse bottom 24", in which bottom there is formed a slot 24 extending partially of the width of the casing A. This horizontal bottom 24 terminates in an upwardly inclined bottom Q PeXtending to the rear wall 13 and is closely fitted between the side. walls 10 and 10*. At the junction of-the bottom 24 and 24 there is a slot :25 for the passage therethrough of a forwardly pointing nose 26- of a vibr'atile plate 27, the rear end' of which is attached to the bottom wall 24*near the rear wall 13 in such a manner as to permit of vibration a short distance above thebottom 24 and the vibratile plate 27, so as to form a slot 28 through Which toothpicks or, matches'29 may gravitate upon the horizontal bottom 24 as seen in Fig. 2.

Passing through the'casing A and 'jour naled in the side Walls 10and l0 thereof, forwardly of the Wall 24, there is a shaft 30, having a handle 31 eXteriorly 0f the casing A, whereby said shaft may be partially] rotated in one direction, and an interior re tractile helical spring 32 to return said shaft to its original position, which position is determined by the engagementof the handle 81 against a stud alljl0 7 7 Upon shaft 30, intermediate its length, is located a radial blade 34, Which blade ter- 33 projecting from the minates in an arcuate blade35, the radius of- Which blade is such that'uponrotation of shaft 30, the same Willpass through slot 24", pick up a match or tOOtlhplCli in its V-shaped mouth 40 and velevate the same,

as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. '2, and discharge said pick or match upon the 11p -21, Wherefrom it willroll down the inclined plate 18 into the receiving fingers 19V and 19 Wherefrom the said match or tooth pick maybe lifted by the user. It Will thus be seen that with every down and up stroke of the handle 31 onertooth pick or match (and nomore) Will-be caused to issue through the opening 1 7 of'the arcuate front 15. To the radial blade 32 and projecting beyond arcuate, blade 35, thereis fixed an upturned nose 36, Which When, the lever 3l'is rotated to its lowermost :point, strikes the nose 26 and causesmovement of the vibrating plate 27, which movement assists in the flow of tooth picks or matches throughjthe slot 28' i upon the hor'izontalbottom 24% is eliminated-in a than good ethics would permit. The match r V and tooth pick aste, therefore, has become quite animportant andfcostly one in such places "as already-indicated. With the employment of my device, however, this Waste manner readily understood. V

While herein I have disclosed the preferred modeof practising my invention, I

Wish it understood that I- may make such changesor alterations therein as might occur-tothe'skilled mechanic .or permitted by the doctrineo-f equivalents; I

c Having th'usffully, described, lily-"inventionl claim .as newr and desire to; secure to myself by Letters Patent of the United States 1. Incombination, an article of the class described including a casing having 'a chamber therein adapted for the retention of a mass of" matches and the like, a movable pickup member adapted to enter said chamher and to pick up one of the contents ing a casing havinga chamber therein adapted for the retentionof a mass of matches and the like, therebeing an outlet from said chamber, a pickup member adapted to move throughan upwardly extending arcuate path, constructed to enter said chamber, the end of said pickup bodily picking up one of the contentsin said chamber and elevating the same through said mass, and means. actuating" said pickup whereby the said engaging end thereof is moved into a substantially vertical plane, permitting the gravityrdischarge of said match and the like, through'said outlet.

3. An article of the class'described including a casing havinga flat bottomed chamber therein adapted fo-rlretention of a mass of matches and the like, and an outlet therefrom, there being a slotted opening insaid bottom, a pickup member composed of a rotatableshaftinsaid casing, and a radial arm terminating inan arcuate blade adapted to enter said chamber through said openingQthere being means'onthe end of said blade engaging a single oneof the contents of said chamber and elevating the same through saidcontents to said outlet, andexternal means actuating said shaft. An article of the class describedineluding a casing having a, fiat bottomed chamber possessed of an inclined rear wall, a member contacting the upper'face of said wall and having one end connected thereto,

therother, end of said member having a" lip projecting through said bottom, an up-- Wardly movable pickup member entering said chamber, a lip .on saidpickup adapted to impacttherlip on said member at the end of the upward movement of said pickup, and means for actuating said pickup; s

5. In combination, an article of the class described,including acasing having a storage chamber therein,and an auxiliarychamber in connection therewith, possessed of an outlet,

means causing the movement of the contentsof said storage chamber into said auxiliary chamber, a member pivoted exteriorly of'said auxiliary chamber, constructed to-pass through-said chamber, through an opening therein, andgto pick up a portion of the contents therein and elevate the same to a point. Where said contents will drop from said member by gravity through said outlet, and means for actuating said pivoted member. 7

6. In combination, an article of the class described, including a casing, having a storage chamber therein, and an auxiliary chamber in connection therewith, possessed of an outlet, means causing the movement of the contents of said storage chamber into said auxiliary chamber, a member pivotedex teriorlv of said auxiliary chamber, constructed to pass through said chamber,

through an opening therein, and to pick up a portion of the contents therein and elevate the same to a point Where said contents will drop from said member by gravity through said outlet, and means for actuating said pivoted member, there being a depression in the upper, free edge of the said pivoted CHARLES F. SPERY.

In the presence of M. HARDING, C. S. STARK.

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